Jon Boden: Afterglow CD review – more somnolent than superlative

Hudson RecordsA frock-coated, Matrix-style movie star beholding a burning city before him, Jon Boden presents himself on the cover of Afterglow as the ambitious, genre-busting folk artist he’s always been. This is his second solo album about a post-apocalyptic world, after 2009’s Songs from the Floodplain. This time, he’s trying to find a lost lover in ruined streets under kerosene skies. The sturm-und-drang lyrics find an odd partner in the music, however, which largely wallow